Life expectancy at birth in Poland was 70.4 years in 1978: 74.5 for women and 66.3 for men, a gap of 8.2 years. 323,968 people died; 63.6% of them were 65 or older and 6.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1978

Life expectancy at birth

70.4

Women

74.5

Men

66.3

Life expectancy at 65

14.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

27.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

30.1

Deaths

323,968

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.3

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

238

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

103

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1978's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1978

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	23.67	31.60	74.5	66.3
1-4	0.68	0.89	75.2	67.4
5-9	0.32	0.49	71.4	63.6
10-14	0.26	0.42	66.5	58.8
15-19	0.41	0.98	61.6	53.9
20-24	0.50	1.79	56.7	49.2
25-29	0.63	2.07	51.9	44.6
30-34	0.88	2.63	47.0	40.0
35-39	1.25	3.65	42.2	35.5
40-44	1.97	5.39	37.5	31.1
45-49	3.21	8.26	32.8	26.9
50-54	5.04	11.99	28.3	22.9
55-59	7.74	17.43	24.0	19.2
60-64	12.02	25.26	19.8	15.7
65-69	19.98	39.90	15.9	12.5
70-74	35.47	63.92	12.3	9.6
75-79	63.68	99.23	9.1	7.3
80-84	111.00	148.04	6.6	5.5
85-89	176.96	216.07	4.8	4.2
90-94	264.64	293.35	3.5	3.2
95-99	374.38	383.44	2.6	2.5
100+	506.05	489.31	2.0	2.0

Mortality in Poland by year

Mortality in Poland, 1978

Year

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